Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219912470001

Electrician

August 19, 1991 at 6:40 AM
T&T Energy Mine #1 · Underground · Coal
Preston County, WV
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Investigator narrative
INJURED WAS PUSHING A S-S SCOOP WITH P-242 KERSEY TRACTOR OPERATION END.THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP SLIPPED OVER THE KERSEY TRACTOR AND SMASHED INJURED BETWEEN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND KERSEY TRACTOR.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Underground Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Accident type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
11 years
Experience at this mine
7 years
Experience in this job
7 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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